[ SECRET POST #3190 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3190 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Angry Birds (Movie)]


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[The Great British Bake Off (series 6)]


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[Jennifer Nettles, Ronnie Dunn]


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[Free!]


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[Hannibal]


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[Jennifer Lien, who played Kes in Star Trek: Voyager]


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[BBC Robin Hood]


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(Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie/The Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley)












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Comments

Re: How to make a breakup in a work MEAN something

[(Anonymous)]

Don't make it over the top.

People won't be able to relate if it's some grand, galaxy-altering romance.

Make it about the little things.

Have a scene with a character making breakfast and then, out of habit, call out to ask if their partner wants anything only to realize midway through that their partner isn't there

Eating alone

Missing body heat when trying to fall asleep

Seeing something funny on the internet or just in general, thinking about texting or calling their partner to tell them about it only to realize they're not together.

Those little moments of anguish when you feel a hole in your life are so much deeper than having the characters endlessly angst about their epic love. Something that should be there, that you've gotten used to relying on, is gone.

Re: How to make a breakup in a work MEAN something

[a_potato]

Yessss.

I would add: have little moments like this before the break-up, as well. Throw in some light touches -- a hand on the small of a back, an arm being squeezed, fingers brushing hair off the back of a neck. And treat it all as normal, natural, just another part of who the characters are. If you can get that feeling across, then breaking them up should feel like breaking some part of the characters themselves.